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a bank separating strips of arable land on a slope (v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. p. 5), a bank forming a boundary
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  • Andlang ðæs hlinces on ðára þreóre acra ende,

    • C. D. v. 71, 6
    • .
  • Tó þæs niþærlangan hlincæs eástendæ; andlang hlincæs út on eá,

    • 243, 3.
  • Úp oð landscare hlinc; fram ðám hlinche,

    • iii. 434, 3.
  • Andlang mǽrfyrh on ðane wón hlinc; of ðǽm wón hlince tó wege; andlang weges tó mǽrhlince; andlang mǽrhlinces . . . on ðone mǽrhlinc; ðonne andlang mǽrhlinces oð ðára þreóra æcera heáfod; ðonne eft be ðára þreóra æcera heáfdum on óðerne mǽrhlinc,

    • 414, 9-21
    • .
  • Of twelf ækeran út forð bufon scortan hlince æt ðæs fúrlanges ende,

    • v. III, 6.
  • Tó ðám hlince . . . tó mearc-hlince,

    • vi. 33, 20.
  • On bibban hlincg norðæweardnæ; ðonan be ðára æcere handheáfdum,

    • v. 256, 14.
  • On wyrðhlinc; of wyrðhlinc,

    • iii. 76, 36.
  • Andlang ðére ealdan landsceare oð þornhlinc; of þornhlinh on-dinnes hlinch; of dinnes hlince,

    • vi. 36, 11-13.
  • On þone hlinc bufan Friþelinga díc

    to the lynk above Frythelyng dyche;

    ad marginem superius Frythelyng dyche (late versions),

    • C. D. B. ii. 260, 34.
land separated by banks (?):
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  • Tó burchlinken,

    • C. D. iii. 409, 29.
  • On burh-hlincas; of burhhlincun,

    • 396, 14
    • .
a rising ground, ridge
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  • Tó hǽðhylle; ðonon on stán hlinces ende,

    • C. D. iii. 82, 6
    • .
  • Andlang hlinces on þæt súþheáfod; þonne ádúne on þæt slæd,

    • 414, 2
    • .
  • Of hlinces heáfod,

    • 420, 27
    • :
    • v. 217, 21
    • .
  • On ðæs hlincæs norðændæ; ðæt andlang hlincæs súð on ðæs cumbæs heáfod; ðonon on ðæs hlincæs wæstændæ,

    • 242, 30-33
    • .
  • Be wirtrune on hlinches bróc,

    • iii. 410, 5.
  • On earnes hlingc; of earnes hlince,

    • 412, 31
    • .
  • Úp ofer deórhlinc; of ðám hlince tó ðám beorge,

    • 420, 24
    • .
  • Swá seó Læfer scǽt tó bealdan hlince (cf. scǽt on Byrhtferðes hlǽw,

    • 15
    • ),
    • 431, II
    • .
  • On steápan hlince; of steápan hlince,

    • 82, 4.
  • Andlang weges tó fearnhlince,

    • v. 147, 29.
  • On ðonæ miclan hlinc; of ðám hlincæ on ðonæ ford,

    • 256, 17
    • .
  • On clofenan hlinc (cf. oð ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe ðǽr is tóclofen,

    • ii. 251, 6:

    æt ðám litlan tóclofenan beorge,

    • iii. 421, 9
    • ),
    • v. 179, 27.
  • Ofer dúne on meós-hlinc westeweardne; ðonne ádúne on ðá ýfre,

    • ii. 172, 26.
  • On cealdan hlinc westeweardne; þonne on wyrtrum oþ cealdan hlinc eásteweardne; on wyrtrum þonne gít norð,

    • C. D. B. iii. 682, 13
    • .
  • Of ðǽre ǽc tó stánhlincan,

    • C. D. iii. 78, 36
    • .
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N. E. D. linch, link.
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v. mǽr-hlinc, stán-hlinc.
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